When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: ancient roman coins identification bronze eagle locations

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sextans (coin) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextans_(coin)

    The sextans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2 unciae). [1][2] An as was roughly 324 grams in weight, thus leaving the sextans at about 54 grams. However, the effects of the Second Punic War on the Republic's economy resulted in a reduction in weight, where the as reduced to about ...

  3. Aquila (Roman) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_(Roman)

    Aquila. (Roman) An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer", carried this standard. Each legion carried one eagle. The eagle had quasi-religious importance to the Roman soldier, far ...

  4. Roman currency - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency

    Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. [1] From its introduction during the Republic, in the third century BC, through Imperial times, Roman currency saw many changes in form, denomination, and composition. A feature was the inflationary debasement and replacement of coins over ...

  5. Constantinian bronzes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinian_bronzes

    An AE3 coin of Valerius Valens. In numismatics, the term Constantinian bronzes denotes the series of bronze coins issued in the Roman Empire in the middle of the 4th century. The specific denominations are unclear and debated by historians and numismatists. They are referred to as AE1, AE2, AE3, and AE4, with the former being the largest (near ...

  6. Follis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follis

    A Byzantine follis of Constantine VII and Zoe. 914-919AD. 26 mm. The term "follis" is used for the large bronze coin denomination (40 nummi) introduced in 498, with the coinage reform of Anastasius, which included a series of bronze denominations with their values marked in Greek numerals. The fals (a corruption of follis) was a bronze coin ...

  7. Trove of ancient Roman Empire coins discovered by divers off ...

    www.aol.com/trove-ancient-roman-empire-coins...

    Up to 50,000 Roman coins have been discovered by divers off the coast of Sardinia. According to an initial estimate, made on the basis of the overall weight of the find, the number of large bronze ...